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. >> could a new lead show where jimmy hoffa is buried? >> this is the beltway and belair road. >> welcome back to 11 news today. 5:09. 73 degrees downtown. there are some clouds in the sky. mostly impacting baltimore county and moving through harford county. there could be some wet weather right now. i want to show you the temperature map across the nation. you can pick out the cold front right now. temperatures have dropped about 45 degrees in minneapolis. 26 in international falls, minnesota. this is a potent front but it is taking a long time to get here. the full forecast is coming up. >> the university of california will pay out $630,000 to students that were doused with pepper spray by campus police. the students will each receive about $30,000 andy written apology. the officer involved is no longer working at the university. police are looking for a new lead that jimmy hoffa is buried in a small community just outside of detroit. the man said he saw other men bury a body hours after the teamsters president went missing. he was last
. >> could a new lead show where jimmy hoffa is buried? >> this is the beltway and belair road. >> welcome back to 11 news today. 5:09. 73 degrees downtown. there are some clouds in the sky. mostly impacting baltimore county and moving through harford county. there could be some wet weather right now. i want to show you the temperature map across the nation. you can pick out the cold front right now. temperatures have dropped about 45 degrees in minneapolis. 26 in...
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where jimmy hoffa's body? well, a new break in the case this morning has police ready to start drilling. >>> it's thursday, september 27th. "starting point" begins right now. >>> our starting point this morning, the blown call that outraged millions. it seems to have single handedly settled a labor dispute. that's right. the official nfl refs are headed back to the field. beginning tonight, millions of football fans will again be able to sleep and rest easy. they will be able to curse and boo the real refs again, finally, for the ravens/browns game tonight. and calmed by the knowledge they won't have to see another replacement official for at least eight years, because that's how long the new labor deal will last. jason carroll, i know you're excited. he joins us live to talk about how they reached this deal while we were all sleeping. >> you seem more excited. did you see how excited he was at the top? you seem very excited. and it's not just you. a lot of people excited by this decision. both sides met for 1
where jimmy hoffa's body? well, a new break in the case this morning has police ready to start drilling. >>> it's thursday, september 27th. "starting point" begins right now. >>> our starting point this morning, the blown call that outraged millions. it seems to have single handedly settled a labor dispute. that's right. the official nfl refs are headed back to the field. beginning tonight, millions of football fans will again be able to sleep and rest easy. they...
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what happened to jimmy hoffa? this morning, another new break in the case that will soon have police digging. the teamsters leader disappeared off the face of the earth back in 1975. now acting on a tip, police will take soil samples from a home in roseville, michigan, to see if hoffa may be buried there. tomorrow they'll drill through a concrete driveway to test for human remains. tiki barber is here laughing about this. authorities say radar detected an anomaly underneath the concrete. >> that's why tiki barber is here, our top story. a deal made to get the nfl's regular refs back on the field tonight. >> thankfully. >> i thought hoffa was buried underneath the south end zone of the old giants stadium. an deal? you woke up to a deal this morning? >> it's fantastic. i actually went to bed waiting for it to happen, and about 12:00 last night, my phone started buzzing, so i knew a deal had been reached. and it's fantastic. it's fantastic for everyone involved. now there's trust in the interaction with the officials
what happened to jimmy hoffa? this morning, another new break in the case that will soon have police digging. the teamsters leader disappeared off the face of the earth back in 1975. now acting on a tip, police will take soil samples from a home in roseville, michigan, to see if hoffa may be buried there. tomorrow they'll drill through a concrete driveway to test for human remains. tiki barber is here laughing about this. authorities say radar detected an anomaly underneath the concrete....
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hoffa. >> neither does john anthony who worked the hoffa case. he gives the tip zero credibility. >> whether they find a body or not, i don't know, but if they do, i guarantee you it's not jimmy hoffa. >> he said the fbi has a good idea who pulled off the hit and where, but it sure wasn't in this neighborhood. why could the fbi never find the body? >> because there is no body. the body, in our opinion, was cremated or was thrown into a vat of acid or whatever. >> whatever happened, the mafia backed teamster boss is legendary. celebrated in movies like this one, going up against u.s. attorney general robert kennedy. >> the justice department has plenty on you mr. hoffa. >> you don't impress me. >> i don't need $300 million and my brother elected president to [ bleep ]. >> over the years, many failed attempts to find him. tips had him buried in cement at the end zone of old giants stadium. they looked through blood stains in a detroit home and dug up a horse farnl in 2006. all dead ends. hoffa's middle name was riddle and so is trying to pinpoint w
hoffa. >> neither does john anthony who worked the hoffa case. he gives the tip zero credibility. >> whether they find a body or not, i don't know, but if they do, i guarantee you it's not jimmy hoffa. >> he said the fbi has a good idea who pulled off the hit and where, but it sure wasn't in this neighborhood. why could the fbi never find the body? >> because there is no body. the body, in our opinion, was cremated or was thrown into a vat of acid or whatever. >>...
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history, the disappearance and the death of former teamster boss jimmy hoffa. now police have a brand new lead, all these years later. crews in fact were digging at this home just outside of detroit just this morning. the investigators have taken a few samples to determine if there may be any human remains buried here and all because of a tip, a tip that came from a man who had this information for the last 37 years and an author and an expert on hoffa gave us this insight about the tipster on early start. >> he is a gambler who had aiona book maker in detroit who was working with tony giacalone. what's interesting is tony giacalone is one of the two people jimmy hoffa was supposed to meet. >> he tel cnn he thinks the tip is credible although he is not convinced they jimmy hoffa's body. memo. there have been tips before that have been considered credible and turned out to be nothing. ove onto this. a man that allegedly made the anti-islam video caused a real bunch of problems around the world. blamed for the deadly protests in the muslim world and now he is und
history, the disappearance and the death of former teamster boss jimmy hoffa. now police have a brand new lead, all these years later. crews in fact were digging at this home just outside of detroit just this morning. the investigators have taken a few samples to determine if there may be any human remains buried here and all because of a tip, a tip that came from a man who had this information for the last 37 years and an author and an expert on hoffa gave us this insight about the tipster on...
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she is ready for the white house was a member of the peace and freedom party >>> the search for jimmy hoffa's body except the new site in michigan. the tip that could solve the sponsors mystery pitch >>> was reported that fiscal of age to a record >>> and a lake that mixed-buyers clinch. they'll cut education again. here's a new approach. prop thirty-eight sends billions in new education dollars straight to our local schools, and guarantees the politicians can't touch it. thirty-eight will restore the education cuts from sacramento. so remember this number. maybe i'll give mine a name. something hot. ya know, i could name it the dragon, or the green machine. oh! i'm british racing green, actually. just to show i appreciate all...uh, turtle does. turtle? turtle gets me to work, to school... no, no, i'm a cool car. so i always fill up with chevron with techron. oh. well in that case, yeah, i am cool, after all. [ male announcer ] your car takes care of you, care for it. chevron with techron. care for your car. >>> we've all been there before i floor reporter finds itself with some hot water he
she is ready for the white house was a member of the peace and freedom party >>> the search for jimmy hoffa's body except the new site in michigan. the tip that could solve the sponsors mystery pitch >>> was reported that fiscal of age to a record >>> and a lake that mixed-buyers clinch. they'll cut education again. here's a new approach. prop thirty-eight sends billions in new education dollars straight to our local schools, and guarantees the politicians can't touch...
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. >>> there may be a break in the 37-year-old murder mystery of union boss jimmy hoffa? a credible tip leading michigan police to a house in roseville where his body may be buried under the driveway. police will be out there tomorrow to dig and take soil samples. hoffa, who led teamsters, went miss not guilty july, 1975. >> brian: we can't bring him back. why are we trying to find his dead body? >>> we've showed you teens at a kansas high school launching a lunchroom revolt against the obama administration's new calorie limits. ♪ tonight we are hungry ♪ . >> gretchen: the usda says it has a solution. putting the blame on parents for not giving them snacks. many people outraged over new cafeteria regulations that only allow high schoolers 850 calories. those are your headlines. >> brian: always goes back to the parents. >> steve: of course, blame the parents. teachers, no problem. moving on, iran's nuclear program will be front and center when benjamin netanyahu takes the floor at the united nations general assembly. david lee miller is out in the rain on the east sid
. >>> there may be a break in the 37-year-old murder mystery of union boss jimmy hoffa? a credible tip leading michigan police to a house in roseville where his body may be buried under the driveway. police will be out there tomorrow to dig and take soil samples. hoffa, who led teamsters, went miss not guilty july, 1975. >> brian: we can't bring him back. why are we trying to find his dead body? >>> we've showed you teens at a kansas high school launching a lunchroom...
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the rumor hoffa's body has finally been found has drawn visitors, including a man who says it has to be hoffa because his sister is a psychic. >>> today minneapolis police will try to figure out what sparked a deadly shooting inside a sign making business. investigators say a man went inside the store yesterday afternoon, killed four people, and injured four others before killing himself. police don't know if the man worked for the business, and they're looking for a motive behind the shooting. 3 of the 4 injured are in critical condition. >>> later today in aurora, colorado, files involving the theater shooting suspect james holmes will be released. it will provide new insight into the deadly theater shooting two months ago. holmes is accused of killing 16 and injuring 58 more. >>> a deadly crime in a high end store is caught on surveillance video. several masked men burst into a saks fifth avenue with sledgehammers. smashed jewelry cases, grabbed jewels, and head out. the employees hid into the police came. >>> a man behind the making of an islamic video that inflamed parts of the
the rumor hoffa's body has finally been found has drawn visitors, including a man who says it has to be hoffa because his sister is a psychic. >>> today minneapolis police will try to figure out what sparked a deadly shooting inside a sign making business. investigators say a man went inside the store yesterday afternoon, killed four people, and injured four others before killing himself. police don't know if the man worked for the business, and they're looking for a motive behind the...
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jimmy hoffa was last seen in 1975. despite a number of searches over the years, his body has not been found even when they built the new giants stadium which was the great rumor for so long. >>> today's deep dive. more evidence that money will not decide this race. four months there was hand wringing about high money donors and contributors that wrote big checks in 2008 would sit in the sidelines in 2012 and a big money deficit would make a difference in a tight presidential race. back in early february, the president reversed a long held position on super pacs signaling they should pony up and to democrats it was safe to ask for outside money themselves. he teased the decision in an interview with nbc's matt lauer. >> if you ask me would i love to take some of the big money out of politics? i would. unfortunately right now partly because of supreme court rulings and a bunch of decisions out there, it is very hard to be able to get your message out without having some resources. >> a few weeks later the reason behind t
jimmy hoffa was last seen in 1975. despite a number of searches over the years, his body has not been found even when they built the new giants stadium which was the great rumor for so long. >>> today's deep dive. more evidence that money will not decide this race. four months there was hand wringing about high money donors and contributors that wrote big checks in 2008 would sit in the sidelines in 2012 and a big money deficit would make a difference in a tight presidential race. back...
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if not hoffa, then somebody else. or it could be the root of a tree. who notice. >> police say the soil samples are being tested for traces of human remains, and that nothing else was found during the dig. hoff that was last seen outside -- hoffa was last seen outside a restaurant in suburban detroit back in 1975. >>> new this morning, it's official. the n.f.l. referees have approved a new eight year contract. now that contract comes after a three-month lockout that made headlines when replacement referees made a highly controversial call that gave the seahawks a win over the packers. one referee called the hail mary pass a touchdown while the other ruled it was an interception. the new contract calls for referees salaries to rise to $173,000 in 2013. and to $205,000 by 2019. >>> parts of texas are experiencing some of the worst flooding in history. torrential rains came down on midland yesterday, shutting down a school district and several roads. dozens of cars as you can see there. they were stranded under underpasses that were filled with 5 feet of
if not hoffa, then somebody else. or it could be the root of a tree. who notice. >> police say the soil samples are being tested for traces of human remains, and that nothing else was found during the dig. hoff that was last seen outside -- hoffa was last seen outside a restaurant in suburban detroit back in 1975. >>> new this morning, it's official. the n.f.l. referees have approved a new eight year contract. now that contract comes after a three-month lockout that made...
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hoffa. we have some news on that. and you've seen your food bills, your gas prices, all of that go up. but what is up with the water bill these days? in some places charges have tripled. we have got all that and more. but first, to politics. >>> mitt romney is venturing out of the swing states today. romney this hour is trying to pluck pennsylvania from the grasp of president obama with just 39 days until the election. pennsylvania's one of the states that is leaning toward obama, but not -- so, jim, we have been seeing romney confine his campaign to the nine swing states, why is he taking a shot at a state that has been leaning obama? >> reporter: yeah, fredricka, it did catch a lot of people off guard today to hear mitt romney not only at a fund-raiser earlier this morning but at an event that wrapped up here at a valley forge military academy. he said he'll win the state of pennsylvania and this state has not traditionally in the last several months been lumped in with the other swing sta
hoffa. we have some news on that. and you've seen your food bills, your gas prices, all of that go up. but what is up with the water bill these days? in some places charges have tripled. we have got all that and more. but first, to politics. >>> mitt romney is venturing out of the swing states today. romney this hour is trying to pluck pennsylvania from the grasp of president obama with just 39 days until the election. pennsylvania's one of the states that is leaning toward obama, but...
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and some new developments in the decades-old search for teamsters' boss, jimmy hoffa. police in detroit have received a new trip that hoffa is buried under the driveway you see there. they're now taking soil samples. thousands of tips have come in when hoffa vanished in 1975. >>> finally, the prime minister of great britain, perhaps a little embarrassed this morning. he was on david letterman last night. got a pop quiz on british history. he did rather well. but he missed two. he knew which year the magna carta was signed. but he didn't know what magna carta meant. it means great charter. he also couldn't name the composer of "rule britannia." that composer is? thomas arnes. i'm going to guess there aren't a ton of brits that know it, either. on par, he can be excused. >> a pop quiz. >> nose are the only two he missed. >> little high-risk for a british prime minister on letterman. josh, thanks. >>> the race for the white house. "your voice, your vote" with 40 days to go. and president obama has opened up his biggest lead yet in gallup's daily poll, six points. that put
and some new developments in the decades-old search for teamsters' boss, jimmy hoffa. police in detroit have received a new trip that hoffa is buried under the driveway you see there. they're now taking soil samples. thousands of tips have come in when hoffa vanished in 1975. >>> finally, the prime minister of great britain, perhaps a little embarrassed this morning. he was on david letterman last night. got a pop quiz on british history. he did rather well. but he missed two. he knew...
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three quickly later today they will dig up the driveway near detroit in the hopes of finding jimmy hoffa's remains investigators were told that a body was buried near this roseville michigan house in 1975 and that is around the time the union leader was last seen alive please do not expect to find his body but tests reveal that something is very nick at home. >>> is tough and not your typical police chased by police in florida say drunken man on horseback was stopping traffic in the whole thing caught on camera he ran right through the intersection all the way to his grandmother's house apparently in a hurry after 30 minutes chase they call the guy and have salmon he faces numerous charges including the why of a horse. >>> tonight a record number of bicycles will converge on the streets of san francisco to celebrate the 20th anniversary of critical mass mass that started back in 1992 to protest the dominance of city streets drivers are expecting delays during tonight's evening commutes coming up fell will talk about a critical mass live with police chief greg sir and former mayor willie br
three quickly later today they will dig up the driveway near detroit in the hopes of finding jimmy hoffa's remains investigators were told that a body was buried near this roseville michigan house in 1975 and that is around the time the union leader was last seen alive please do not expect to find his body but tests reveal that something is very nick at home. >>> is tough and not your typical police chased by police in florida say drunken man on horseback was stopping traffic in the...
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international brotherhood of teamsters, the good men and women of the teamsters union under president jim hoffa. building a better america. you can find out more about their good work at www.teamster.org. well, this is it. this is the last time we're going to see members of congress here in the nation's capital until after the election. these couple of days. and we don't know what the republicans have in mind. probably not very much. but here -- leading the charge for the democrats our good friend congressman chris van hollen representing maryland's eighth congressional district. and also the ranking democrat on the house budget committee. good friend of the program. very generous with his team and in studio again this morning. good to see you congressman. >> good to see you bill. >> bill: now with your political hat on, when you see a candidate who's running for president and starts out by saying well, 50% of the american people i don't care about because i know they're going to vote for the other guy anyway. i'm not even going to try to get their vote. is that a good start? >> even for someon
international brotherhood of teamsters, the good men and women of the teamsters union under president jim hoffa. building a better america. you can find out more about their good work at www.teamster.org. well, this is it. this is the last time we're going to see members of congress here in the nation's capital until after the election. these couple of days. and we don't know what the republicans have in mind. probably not very much. but here -- leading the charge for the democrats our good...
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hoffa was last seen july 30, 1975 outside a suburban detroit restaurant. he was on his way to a meeting with another teamster official and mobster boss. there was speculation he was buried under the old giants stadium in new jersey or thrown into a florida swamp. >> tough decision when should older drivers stop driving. a new study say doctors can play a significant role. researchers found when doctors tell patients they may not be fit to drive or when they tell the dmv there's a drop in serious crash injuries. most of the patients in the study were more than 60 years old. it's unclear if those patients drove less or just more carefully. in the u.s. it's estimated 600,000 older drivers hand over their keys every year. >>> a group in switzerland plans to unveil a portrait today claiming it is an earlier version of the mona lisa painted by leonardo da vinci. "isleworth mona lisa," similar to the one hanging in the louvre, it's 11 or 12 years older than the real thing. >>> and this morning scientists are taking stock of the oceans and finding amazing things.
hoffa was last seen july 30, 1975 outside a suburban detroit restaurant. he was on his way to a meeting with another teamster official and mobster boss. there was speculation he was buried under the old giants stadium in new jersey or thrown into a florida swamp. >> tough decision when should older drivers stop driving. a new study say doctors can play a significant role. researchers found when doctors tell patients they may not be fit to drive or when they tell the dmv there's a drop in...
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in that a run the same time to be hoffa went missing. they will take samples to see if his remains will match. >> this massive marijuana bust and the sonoma county. they have served search warrants and they were allowed to get into several homes. this is where the police found these evidence near moreland ave. 50 people arrested and charged with possession, cultivation. with 1200 marijuana plants. 15,000 lbs.. $2.5 million estimated value this is a high crime the view. 9:20. on this friday morning. this live look at van ness. certainly, it is gray but we are and for a warm up. the city but is going to be resting roasting hot dan hurd: when i was a child, california was a leader in education funding. erika derry: and the fact that california isn't making it a priority frustrates me. dan hurd: i'm ashamed of that, and i don't want this to continue for my daughter. brenda kealing: prop 38 is going to bring a lot of money to our schools. suzan solomon: the money stays at the school site. cade derry: what i would really like to see is that th
in that a run the same time to be hoffa went missing. they will take samples to see if his remains will match. >> this massive marijuana bust and the sonoma county. they have served search warrants and they were allowed to get into several homes. this is where the police found these evidence near moreland ave. 50 people arrested and charged with possession, cultivation. with 1200 marijuana plants. 15,000 lbs.. $2.5 million estimated value this is a high crime the view. 9:20. on this...
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. >>> backyard soil samples in detroit are being tested to see if jimmy hoffa is buried there. >>> a renoir painting bought at a flea market just for $7 will not go on auction this weekend as planned. that was because authorities say it was stolen more than 60 years ago. the fbi is trying to find out who pilfered that piece. >>> and the pet cemetery in a new york city suburb has become the first animal burial ground to be listed on the national register of historic places. the hartsdale cemetery is being recognized for its architect and social history. those are your top five headlines. >>> president obama and mitt romney will finally be facing each other in an arena that has seen some of the best and worst performances from our presidential candidates and their running mates. >> there is no soviet domination of eastern europe and there never will be under a ford administration. >> there you go again. are you better off than you were four years ago? >> senator, you're no jack kennedy. >> who am i? why am i here? >> that last one went on to "snl" infamy. joining me is nbc news histori
. >>> backyard soil samples in detroit are being tested to see if jimmy hoffa is buried there. >>> a renoir painting bought at a flea market just for $7 will not go on auction this weekend as planned. that was because authorities say it was stolen more than 60 years ago. the fbi is trying to find out who pilfered that piece. >>> and the pet cemetery in a new york city suburb has become the first animal burial ground to be listed on the national register of historic...
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syria, you know, i was ambassador to syria for three fun-filled years that included the transition from hoffa to bashar. our fearless prediction at the time because i got to know bashar before his father died, we had a series of one-on-ones which we conducted in arabic not because my arabic is perfect, but it was better than his english even though he studied op that moll in the u.k -- opt moll in the u.k., that's all he did. he went to classes, he studied his lectures, he read his textbooks, he in no way entered into british social life. his english has since become quite good, i think it is surging. but bashar is like his father except worse; less flexible, more doctrineaire, less agile and aware that he doesn't have his father's support. so i think this is going to be a fight to the finish. no happy villa for bashar in junta. i would like to be wrong on that. but even if there is, we've already seen the signs of it. just like what happened in my friend chris and his colleagues, the arab spring bears bitter fruit. and nowhere, i am afraid, could it be more bitter than in syria where we're a
syria, you know, i was ambassador to syria for three fun-filled years that included the transition from hoffa to bashar. our fearless prediction at the time because i got to know bashar before his father died, we had a series of one-on-ones which we conducted in arabic not because my arabic is perfect, but it was better than his english even though he studied op that moll in the u.k -- opt moll in the u.k., that's all he did. he went to classes, he studied his lectures, he read his textbooks,...